Contents

Authors’ Note

Prologue

1   The Pitch

2   The Victory

3   The Precipice

4   A Hard Interview

5   Gillard’s Story

6   Big Dreams

7   Train Wreck

8   Blood and Guts

9   The Long Game

10   The Challenge (Part I)

11   The Challenge (Part II)

12   The Long Shadow

13   No Boundaries

14   No-one Escapes Blame

Acknowledgements